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7/3/2003 masqueradeball: Copyright Information
I have been developing a fantasy world since I was about 14 (now 20) that sprang up from a number of influence but a seemingly nonsensical name seems to have…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: masqueradeball, Kester Pelagius, cruciel, WDFlores.

7/3/2003 Eddy Fate: Website Updated
The website has been updated with the latest Errata, and a sneak peek at the Metal Wars cover! Check it out! http://www.zmangames.com/CAH
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Eddy Fate.

7/3/2003 WDFlores: Thoughtcrime (formerly Iron City) - concept sketch
Hello. I'm doing some backtracking and much trashing of drafts with my little project (the last post concerning which is here: The Iron City: Secrets and Subversives). I've gone in…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: WDFlores, scobie, Jonathan Walton, Chris Goodwin, Daredevil, Mike Holmes, gobi, Emily Care, komradebob2, inthisstyle, Praetus, Cemendur, Dumirik.

7/3/2003 Jake Norwood: New web page look
The first few pages of the new official TROS web page are up. So far I've updated the Market page and the home/news page. The content is mostly the same,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Ashton, ethan_greer, deltadave, Wolfen, Bracken, Jason Kottler, Nick Pagnucco.

7/3/2003 Claymore: New Feudal Lifepaths posted
I have just completed 7 new lifepaths appropriate for a Feudal setting. They were designed using Luke's excellent Lifepath Creation guidelines. I'd love to hear any comments anyone might have.…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Claymore, Bracken, abzu.

7/2/2003 ryand: Submitted for Your Consideration: Changes to ORIGINS Awards
The following is a proposal I intend to submit to GAMA and the Academy for review. Following the widespread dissatisfaction with this year's ORIGINS Award process, I believe rapid, significant…
In Publishing
Participants: ryand, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes, ADGBoss, Andy Kitkowski, GMSkarka, ethan_greer, Pramas, HinterWelt, Bruce Baugh, kwill.

7/2/2003 rafial: Re: Revised Artha Rules
[quote="abzu"] also, a revised character sheet to accomodate the new info: [/quote] Hey, a quick note on the single page character sheet. Under armor, it has separate spaces for upper…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: rafial, abzu.

7/2/2003 Jason L Blair: NEW GAME: E*A*K
Key 20 Publishing announces E*A*K: Eldritch Ass Kicking FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jason L Blair, Editor-in-Chief, Key 20 Publishing, PO Box 832, Brunswick, Ohio 44212. press@key20.com. More information is available…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Jason L Blair, Spooky Fanboy, greyorm, Matt Snyder.

7/2/2003 abzu: Revised Artha Rules
Here are revised artha rules for use with Burning Wheel. The original system works just fine. These work better. http://www.burningwheel.org/pdf/artha_wheel_r2.pdf also, a revised character sheet to accomodate the new info:…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu, Claymore.

7/2/2003 Christopher Kubasik: The HQ / Glorantha Website Link Sticky Thread
Ooookay! I've just volunteered to set up a Sticky Thread for Glorantha links around the internet. This way, if anyone wants to provide a link to their site, or someone…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Nick Brooke, Peter Nordstrand.

7/2/2003 Bailywolf: A great story, chock full O werid
Anyone read anything by Mick Farren? Writer, reporter, & musician- Mick wears many hats. I've been reading his stuff for years, and his sci-fi remains some of the odd writing…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf.

7/2/2003 Matt Gwinn: Soliciting reviews
Does anyone want to write a review for the expanded edition of Kayfabe? ,Matt Gwinn
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Ron Edwards.

7/2/2003 Mike Holmes: My Life with Master: Origins
Well, Origins was a great time, as usual. Late one evening I found myself in a hotel room with a bunch of folks, and we were trying to decide on…
In Actual Play
Participants: Mike Holmes, Jason L Blair, Matt Snyder, Valamir, Alan, Matt Wilson, Paul Czege, TSL, Jared A. Sorensen, xiombarg, Nick Pagnucco, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Paul's Girl, Bob McNamee, Comte.

7/2/2003 Eric Kimball: Color based RPG (feedback requested)
My group has just finish work on a RPG that uses colors instead of numbers to define characters. In a nutshell each color is associated with a stat Red: Vigor,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Eric Kimball, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen, taalyn, Thomas Tamblyn, simon_hibbs, permacultureguerilla.

7/2/2003 ADGBoss: Advertising and Reviews
If you have a project that you are going good and steady on and should be done on time, how do you solicit reviews of the material and where can…
In Publishing
Participants: ADGBoss, Matt Gwinn, Matt, rpghost, Christian Walker, Brand_Robins.

7/2/2003 Malechi: Katanapunk! ...blood, honour, steel...attitude!(LONG)
Last night I kicked off an idea that has been stewing around in my head since I first saw TROS. Based off the Blade of the Immortal manga series, Kurosawa…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Malechi, Wolfen, Valamir, Jake Norwood, 6inTruder, Mike Holmes, Paka, cruciel, Ben Lehman, Thorsten, Waiwode, Vanguard.

7/2/2003 Claymore: Starting a Burning Wheel Campaign
Abzu asked me to post some notes as how I converted my existing 4 year campaign to Burning Wheel. The most recent system used was The Riddle of Steel (the…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Claymore, abzu.

7/1/2003 Tony Irwin: Sim game: Exploring the City
After writing some thoughts and questions about resolution mechanics for sim games in this thread, here's my sketch of a sim game that has a resolution system that focuses on…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tony Irwin, scobie, Dave Panchyk, Mike Holmes, Marco.

7/1/2003 ADGBoss: Why We Fight! (long)
A lil patriotic flare for those of you who know of or have seen the Why We Fight series on video or DVD (or possibly in person if you’re a…
In RPG Theory
Participants: ADGBoss, contracycle, simon_hibbs, WDFlores, Mike Holmes.

7/1/2003 Aknaton: Issues with repetition
After reading Christopher Kubasik's The Interactive Toolkit I've been thinking a bit. :-) I now think that one of my biggest issues with traditional (and here I'll leave the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Aknaton, Bankuei, xiombarg, Christopher Kubasik, Marco, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Thomas Tamblyn, John Kim.

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7/3/2003 Ben Lehman: Anyone know Chinese weaponry?
Hey-- I'm working on a pet setting for Riddle of Steel, which heavily features a China analouge. And I have realized that my knowledge of Chinese weapons and fighting tactics…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ben Lehman, Mike Holmes, GreatWolf, Paganini, MrGeneHa, Eamon Voss, Morfedel, Bankuei, abzu.

7/3/2003 TempUser: Comments on Gamism: Step On Up
This is my first post on www.indie-rpgs.com in a long time, and likely my last post on PnP rpgs in any forum for the foreseeable future. I had wanted to…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: TempUser, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, ethan_greer.

7/4/2003 mike: Donjon... using Fudge dice!
Okay, I have a weird idea. I really love Donjon, but the dice pool mechanic turns me away. I want something simpler. So, I'm thinking of using Fudge dice instead…
In CRN Games
Participants: mike, Sonja, xjermx, cpeterso, furashgf.

7/4/2003 brianm: Social contract stuff Diaries of a Dysfunctional group
Summary Part 1 Email from the GM informing all players that when we show up next we will be playing new game of his choice Part 2 Email from a…
In Actual Play
Participants: brianm, Dr. Velocity, ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, Marco, Christopher Kubasik, Bankuei, Alan, Mike Holmes.

7/4/2003 chadu: New Game Announcements?
Would this be the appropriate forum to post information about an upcoming game? Or is there a better one? Many thanks in advance, CU
In Publishing
Participants: chadu, Jared A. Sorensen.

7/4/2003 Ron Edwards: Ethan's question: censorship & personal attacks
Hello, In the recent thread regarding the Step On Up article, Ethan was intrigued by one of Brian's comments, and wrote: I have no idea what Brian is talking about…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, ethan_greer, talysman, Kester Pelagius, Gordon C. Landis, Bankuei.

7/4/2003 Marco: Contradictory Gamism
Hey Ron, High competition in Step On Up plus low competition in Challenge = entirely team-based play, party style against a shared Challenge, but with value placed on some…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Marco, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, BPetroff93, ross_winn, Gordon C. Landis, Mike Holmes, contracycle, epweissengruber.

7/4/2003 BPetroff93: Introducing Narritive gaming to the ol' group
Hey Guys (93, to those who know), Long time reader, 1st time post. After reading Sorcerer (thank you Ron), I started to realize that I wasn't dissatisfied with my hobby,…
In Actual Play
Participants: BPetroff93, Roy, Wolfen, Dave Panchyk, Bob McNamee, Comte, jdagna, Ben Morgan, WDFlores.

7/4/2003 Cadriel: The Party Principle.
This is something that has always bothered me in roleplaying games: there almost instinctively a "party" or general group that becomes the collective protagonists of the game. For the most…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Cadriel, BPetroff93, M. J. Young, Marco, Dr. Velocity, RobMuadib, Ben Morgan, Lxndr, Jack Spencer Jr, Bob McNamee, pete_darby, Ron Edwards, SFEley, Christopher Kubasik, simon_hibbs, contracycle.

7/4/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Publisher and reatiler -- competing roles?
My immersion into the RPG businbess is getting deeper. I have finally accepted an offer to run an online store selling RPG books, and Hopcroft Hobby games should be open…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, jgbrowning, jdagna, Christian Walker, Space Cowboy, kwill.

7/4/2003 Roy: [Synergy] - Bare Bones v1.0
Hey everyone! I took a little vacation from the hobby, but I'm back and better than ever. I really missed you guys. I started seriously working on my own roleplaying…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Roy, Jack Spencer Jr, Kester Pelagius.

7/5/2003 Michael Hopcroft: New Reviews
Dreamscribe e-zine and The Downloader's Julky issue have reivews of HeartQuest and HeartQuest Diceless, respectively. Hopefully someone who sees this will be able to track down the URLs. I especially…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

7/5/2003 sirogit: New Mechanic Idea: Applied Knowledge
I was toying with this idea in my head, and was wondering to what degree it's been used before... As I don't really like how "knowledge" like skills are used…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: sirogit, Jack Spencer Jr, ethan_greer, gobi, Dr. Velocity, Mike Holmes.

7/5/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Writer wanted for revamp of indie furry game
Are you a freelance writer familair with: 1. the Action! System 2. the D20 modern SRD 3. The anthropomorphic ("furry" genre 4. Polcie action dramas If so, Seraphim Guard needs…
In Connections
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jared A. Sorensen, Snakefeather, masqueradeball.

7/5/2003 kwill: new article notification?
would it be possible to set up a subscription list/option such that a user could be pm'd or emailed when new articles are added to the Forge? or even emailed…
In Site Discussion
Participants: kwill, Clinton R. Nixon.

7/6/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Sharks With Lasers On Their Heads!!
Over in this thread I wrote the following: Side note: I am disturbed, but not surprised by your suggestion of the dead body in the trunk. It seems to be…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Marco, Cadriel, jdagna, Comte, Christopher Kubasik, RobMuadib, Roy, BPetroff93, M. J. Young, ross_winn, Mike Holmes, John Kim, Bruce Baugh, pete_darby, komradebob2, Jared A. Sorensen, Ian Charvill, Lxndr, SFEley, contracycle, Ron Edwards.

7/6/2003 sirogit: Simplest System possible.
I was wondering what the simplest rpg system possible would be, fufilling most basic expectations of a system, such as: 1. Characters have different capabilities. 2. Descisions on success are…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: sirogit, RobMuadib, Mike Holmes, Knarf, permacultureguerilla.

7/6/2003 Lxndr: Sorcerer Online - redux
[quote] Thing #2 is the planned main feature of Sorcerer Online, specifically a means to archive and describe ACTUAL PLAY to one another in a decent, interesting fashion. It will…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lxndr, Ron Edwards, Delta1, Ben Morgan, Fabrice G., Clay, Clinton R. Nixon, MrWrong, Hardpoint.

7/6/2003 Kester Pelagius: [Review] - Synergy
[BODY] [FONT SIZE=5]Synergy: Bare Bones v 1.0 [/FONT] [FONT SIZE=4]Review by C. Demetrius Morgan [/FONT] [B][FONT SIZE=4]Synopsis [/B][/FONT] Synergy is a bare bones role-playing system in development created by Roy…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Roy.

7/6/2003 Michael Tree: Fading Suns Energy Shields
I'm going to try running a Fading Suns game with the tRoS rules soon. Most of the conversion is pretty easy, a matter of creating new skills, improvising new skill…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Michael Tree, Wolfen, Salamander.

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